Brief Life History of Maren
When Maren Andersen was born on 22 June 1856, in Bredstrup, Nørre Nærå, Odensegård, Denmark, her father, Hans Andersen, was 36 and her mother, Maren Jensdatter, was 28. She married Peter O Petersen on 14 February 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1863 and lived in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Graham, Arizona, United States in 1910. She died on 22 May 1938, in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Kimball, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Maren Hansen in household of Hans Andersen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Mary Anderson, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Mary A. Peterson, "Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951"
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World Events (8)
1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Nels, Per, Anders, Holger, Jorgen, Thor, Bjorn, Helmer, Alf.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . Compare Anderson 1.
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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